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# Re: *hash() and binary stuff

- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 10:26:16 PST
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    At 8:24 AM 2/23/96, Pavel Curtis wrote:
    >How many people out there have already written code that would be broken if I
    >changed binary strings to be in hex rather than octal?

    Actually, yes, a little, but I would love to change it to hex.  Hex is much
    nicer in my opinion.  I think this would be a good change.

    Btw, I found another compelling reason for binary strings to use hex and
    not octal: HTTP.  HTTP uses hex, and it's messy to handle input from the
    client in hex and output to the client in octal.

    Phantom

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